Gold Tip is the originator of the carbon graphite arrow shaft and as well as other archery products. Gold Tip has an target arrow that will meet the your archery needs, rather your a beginning or young archer professional. The professional target archer will find that Gold Tip is making a name for it's self with the 22 Series, Pro X-Cutter and now the new 30X target arrow shafts. These arrow shafts will give you an edge over the competition, in the fact that they will not loose there straightness after hundreds of shots, it is impossible to put a permanent bend in one, unlike aluminum arrow shafts.

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Yes, I've used GT XT Hunter shafts for about 7yr with no complaints. Some of the tightest tolerances in the buisness for the $ spent. There were rumors a while back (2-3yr ago) about quality issues in shafts made during a transition in mfg locations but they were supposedly resolved quickly. I bought a dz. last year no problems and have about 3 dz. 3-6yr old still going strong. May step up to the Pro series on the next dz.